Drummer Boy- Quiz Review

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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the sentence from paragraph 46. "Joby was his right hand and his left." Which statement best expresses the meaning of this idiom?
Joby will play loudly enough for soldiers on both sides to hear.
Joby has taken on another drummer’s job for the General.
Joby knows how to play the drums with both hands.
Joby is the General’s most important assistant.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the figurative language: She was as bright as the sun.
SMILE
SIMILE
METAPHOR
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Simile or Metaphor?
My father is a bear in the morning.
simile
metaphor
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence best expresses a theme of the story?
It is possible to overcome fear by focusing on one’s duty.
It is improper for soldiers to show emotion before going into battle.
The best military leaders can win battles without highly trained soldiers.
The role of a drummer boy in battle is more important than a general’s leadership.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the sentence from paragraph 6. What does helter-skelter mean as used in this sentence?
Distant
Frightened
In a haphazard manner
Under military control
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read this sentence from paragraph 48: “. . . Do you know now you’re general of the army when the General’s left behind?” The General most likely asks this question to —
suggest that he will leave the battlefield
express doubt about Joby’s willingness to lead
give Joby hope about the outcome of the battle
emphasize the importance of the drummer boy’s role
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence best illustrates how the setting contributes to the General’s conflict in the story?
“Both sides figuring the other side will just give up, and soon, and the war done in weeks, and us all home.” (paragraph 34)
“But here we are, taken with spring fever and thinking it blood lust, taking our sulphur with cannons instead of with molasses as it should be, going to be a hero, going to live forever.” (paragraph 37)
“Well, when you got a bunch of wild horses on a loose rein somewhere, somehow you got to bring order, rein them in.” (paragraph 40)
But if he beat a sure, steady, ever faster rhythm, then, then their knees would come up in a long line down over that hill, one knee after the other, like a wave on the ocean shore! (paragraph 46)
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